Biblical Types, Symbols & Patterns
Platter
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Platter as literal dish
Greek paropsis denotes an actual serving dish/platter; the physical outside/inside contrast supplies the concrete source image for Jesus’ moral comparison.
Context control: The platter is an ordinary dish whose figurative force comes from Jesus’ explicit outside/inside analogy.
Greek paropsis denotes an actual serving dish/platter; the physical outside/inside contrast supplies the concrete source image for Jesus’ moral comparison.
Grade 4: Recurrent canonical motif or strong thematic patternScope: The platter is an ordinary dish whose figurative force comes from Jesus’ explicit outside/inside analogy.
Residual uncertainty: No material residual uncertainty beyond the stated scope limitation.
Scripture
Evidence sources
- Canonical Scripture: MT/LXX/NA28 with NET/ESV comparison — Text loci verified for TSP-S0F Batch 1
- BibleHub/BibleGateway reference — Greek paropsis: platter/dish in Matthew 23:25-26 — Accessed/verified 2026-09-20
Platter outside/inside hypocrisy image
Matthew 23:25-26 explicitly uses cleaning the outside of the cup and platter while the inside is corrupt as an image of scribal-Pharisaic hypocrisy/externalism; Luke 11:39 preserves the same outside/inside moral contrast with dish terminology.
Context control: The legacy hypocrisy/externalism association is established in this specific Jesus saying; a platter elsewhere is not automatically a hypocrisy symbol.
Matthew 23:25-26 explicitly uses cleaning the outside of the cup and platter while the inside is corrupt as an image of scribal-Pharisaic hypocrisy/externalism; Luke 11:39 preserves the same outside/inside moral contrast with dish terminology.
Grade 1: Explicit biblical interpretationScope: The legacy hypocrisy/externalism association is established in this specific Jesus saying; a platter elsewhere is not automatically a hypocrisy symbol.
Residual uncertainty: No material residual uncertainty beyond the stated scope limitation.
Scripture
Evidence sources
- Canonical Scripture: MT/LXX/NA28 with NET/ESV comparison — Text loci verified for TSP-S0F Batch 1
- BibleHub/BibleGateway reference — Greek paropsis: platter/dish in Matthew 23:25-26 — Accessed/verified 2026-09-20
Lexical mappings
These are cross-tier mappings only; lexical definitions remain owned by the site’s lexical resources.
- GREEK: παροψίς paropsis — G3953
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